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Artificial aids in mountaineering

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3240
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1962
Author
Sutton, Geoffrey
Publisher
London : Nicholas Kaye
Call Number
01 Su8
Author
Sutton, Geoffrey
Publisher
London : Nicholas Kaye
Published Date
1962
Physical Description
64p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Equipment
Rock climbing
Accession Number
641
Call Number
01 Su8
Collection
Archives Library
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A climber's guide to Oregon

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14984
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Author
Dodge, Nicholas A
Publisher
Beaverton (Ore.): Touchstone Press
Call Number
F874.3 D6 1968
Author
Dodge, Nicholas A
Publisher
Beaverton (Ore.): Touchstone Press
Published Date
1968
Physical Description
154 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Rock climbing
Call Number
F874.3 D6 1968
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Eskimo graphic art

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20942
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1962
Publisher
Ottawa : Mortimer
Call Number
NE542 C32 E8
Publisher
Ottawa : Mortimer
Published Date
1962
Physical Description
[57]p. : chiefly ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Eskimos - Art
Prints
Graphic arts
Engraving
Etching
Rock craft
Stone-cutting
Notes
French title : L'Art graphique des esquimaux
"Engravings, etchings and stonecuts from the West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in Cape Dorset and the Povungnituk Co-operative Society, Povungnituk, P.Q."
Text in English and French
Call Number
NE542 C32 E8
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1960
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Responsibility
planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
x, 430p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Manuals
Equipment
Camping
Travel
Rock climbing
Snow
Ice
Ice climbing
First aid
Geology
Abstract
Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
Contents
Preface
Part One - Approaching the Peaks
Equipment
Camping and Sleeping
Alpine Cuisine
Wilderness Travel
Navigation in the Hills
Part Two - Rock Climbing
Routefinding on Rock
Balance
Counterforce
Roped Climbing
Belaying
Pitoncraft and Rappels
Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
Snow
Ice
Glaciers
Arrests and Belays
Part Four - Safe Climbing
The Climbing Party and its Leadership
Climbing Dangers
First Aid
Alpine Rescue
Part Five - The Climbing Environment
Mountain Geology
The Cycle of Snow
Mountain Weather
Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
ISBN
0916890015
Accession Number
2019.43
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountaineering around Montreal

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue190
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
Publisher
[Montreal] : Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
Edition
2d rev ed
Call Number
F1054 S3 A4 1966 Pam
Author
Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
Edition
2d rev ed
Publisher
[Montreal] : Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1966
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Laurentian Mountains
Rock climbing
Accession Number
2 copies
Call Number
F1054 S3 A4 1966 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mountaineering around Montreal

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue191
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1964
Author
Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
Publisher
[Montreal]: Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
F1054 S3 A4
Author
Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
Publisher
[Montreal]: Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1964
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Laurentian Mountains
Rock climbing
Call Number
F1054 S3 A4
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1963
Author
Rebuffat, Gaston
Publisher
London : Nicholas Kaye
Call Number
G513 R413 1963
Author
Rebuffat, Gaston
Responsibility
translated from the French by Eleanor Brockett, with technical assistance from J.E.B. Wright
Publisher
London : Nicholas Kaye
Published Date
1963
Physical Description
186 pages, ills.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Mont Blanc
Accession Number
AC629
Call Number
G513 R413 1963
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Rock Isle Lake, Sunshine, Banff

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.024
Description
The foreground of the print is a green lake. In the middle of the lake an island, covered in trees. Beyond Rock Isle Lake are sloping hills that eventually turn into mountains at Sunshine. The hills at the right of the print are covered in trees. Shades of green predominate.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Rock Isle Lake, Sunshine, Banff
Date
1969
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
33.0 x 45.7 cm
Description
The foreground of the print is a green lake. In the middle of the lake an island, covered in trees. Beyond Rock Isle Lake are sloping hills that eventually turn into mountains at Sunshine. The hills at the right of the print are covered in trees. Shades of green predominate.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Rock Isle Lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.024
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[Rock Lake 83 E/8 East - Alta.]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23850
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1960
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Call Number
NTS
83E/8E
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
Colour
Scale
Scale: 1:50,000
Relief: Contour Interval 100 ft
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Rock Lake 83 E/8 East - Alta.
Notes
National Topographic System
Call Number
NTS
83E/8E
Collection
Archives Library
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[Rock Lake 83 E/8 West - Alta.]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23851
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1960
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Call Number
NTS
83E/8W
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
Colour
Scale
Scale: 1:50,000
Relief: Contour Interval 100 ft.
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Rock Lake 83 E/8 West - Alta.
Notes
National Topographic System
Call Number
NTS
83E/8W
Collection
Archives Library
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